In the ecosystems unit when learning about how matter is cycled through an ecosystem you create an experiment in your classroom growing mold. As the experiment goes on the students keep up with the journal to document their findings.

With Pokemon Go being all the rage right now, the best thing you can do is to incorporate the characters into your lessons.
As the students move around the room trying to solve the addition and subtraction problems, they are able to "catch"

Students use this during center time to practice place value, addition and spelling. They use the sheet to figure out the value of each spelling or sight word. They then record their answer on the answer sheet.
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When learning about Simple Machines, the students will create their own paper airplane. This is connecting the wedge and their personal interests. Then the students will write up a reflection paragraph answering the guideline questions.